Why? Curious. Hal
and I saw several Bond films in a Bond festival in the early 70’s and enjoyed
them. Sean Connery is the only Bond we have ever seen.Friends have said later actors have been good
too. And with Judi Dench they can’t be all bad.So we bought the box...

Seen: March 6, 2015

After liking the previous Bond more than all the rest
I hope this one isn’t going to be a disappointment.

It starts with a bang. Several big ones actually. Bond,
to the song by Sheryl Crow, dramatically saves the world from a nuclear
disaster about to be caused by military idiocy and bull-headedness.

Again, it’s standard fare with chases and villains and
explosions and mountains and exotic nature and cities. The difference is that everyone is so much
classier. The one-liners are produced in a low-key and therefore funnier tone
by Brosnan than the earlier Bonds.

Jonathan Pryce is Elizabeth’s father in the Pirates of
the Caribbean films as well as Timon of Athens and other people in Shakespeare
and he’s not supposed to be a megalomaniac villain. And therefore he’s very
good in the role. He seems so nice. He
isn’t.

Nope. Not a disappointment. It’s not a masterpiece,
far from it. The shoot-outs and fist fights are too long. But I like it. I like
Brosnan.